Early years staff wellbeing: a resource for managers and teams
A really useful new resource from a team led by the renowned Anna Freud Centre in London.
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Academic Materials
British families in lockdown
Some interesting insights here that may provide useful material to support future practice.
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Factors influencing childcare workers’ promotion of physical activity in children aged 0–4 years: a qualitative study
A study examining the factors influencing childcare workers’ promotion of physical activity (PA) among children aged 0–4 years, a particularly interesting context because of the increasing number of children attending childcare....
Motor Skill Performance and Physical Activity in Preschool Children
Children with better-developed motor skills may find it easier to be active and engage in more physical activity (PA) than those with less-developed motor skills.
Building Better Beginnings: a case study of how a daily physical skills session is supporting overall learning and development for young boys
This case study argues for the consideration of an adult directed physical skills session as an approach to supporting boys learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage in England.
One-to-three-year-olds’, risky play in early childhood education and care
Risky play in 1-3 yr olds in Norway, an unpublished PhD thesis from 2018.
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Physical activity in preschool years can affect future heart health
Paper from McMaster University in Journal of Paediatrics.
Joy, play and doing together
Publications of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland 2016-12-03 Recommendations for physical activity in early childhood The Joy in Motion programme, aimed at increasing the level of physical activity in...
Do thin, overweight and obese children have poorer development than their healthy-weight peers at the start of school? Findings from a South Australian data linkage study
Early Childhood Research Quarterly | Volume 35, 2nd Quarter 2016, Pages 85–94 International research utilizing the Early Development Instrument (EDI) as a measure of early child development Highlights Little is known about how...
2016 Child Health Profiles
Public Health England has published the 2016 Child Health Profiles . The profiles draw together information to present a picture of child health and wellbeing in each local area in a user-friendly format.
Mothers’ perceptions of the UK physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines for the early years
BMJ | Qualitative research | 8 September 2015 Abstract Objectives: Higher levels of physical activity (PA) during early childhood have been associated with improved health outcomes, whereas sedentary behaviour (SB)...
Children growing up without a garden more likely to be obese
Centre for Longitudinal Studies | Millennium Cohort Study | September 2015 New research has found that young children with no access to a garden are far more likely to be overweight or obese by the time they reach...
Educational attainment and health transitions over the life course: testing the potential mechanisms
Journal of Public Health | 30 September 2015 ABSTRACT | Background | It has been shown that higher education associates with health outcomes, but the less is known about the specific mechanisms mediating this...